The Langoliers - Nostalgia Critic

The Nostalgia Critic reviews Stephen King's The Langoliers.
Originally aired on March 15, 2011.
The Langoliers is a horror miniseries consisting of two episodes of 1½ hours each. It was directed and written by Tom Holland and based on the novella by Stephen King from the four-part anthology book Four Past Midnight. The series was produced by Mitchell Galin and David R. Kappes, for Laurel Entertainment, Inc. The miniseries originally aired May 14-15, 1995 on the ABC network.
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[@alinkbetweengames4328]

True story: My family watched the mini-series once and when the Langoliers appeared, the TV started glitching until the end of the scene, when it crashed. We always joked that the Langoliers ate the rest of the story.

[@OfficerFriendly2006]

A Link Between Games cool.

[@ellnats]

that actually would be a better ending

[@CaptainPupu]

Press x to doubt

[@a1z158]

I wish

[@djalexander7723]

@@ellnats Agreed

[@nathannotnate4908]

“Now you might be wondering how I know who Tom Holland is” Watching this is in 2019 means something completely different

[@CassandrashadowcassMorrison]

Wrong Tom Holland. The director (who made this) is American and 76 years old. The kid who plays Spiderman is British and 23.

[@plasmicplaza2293]

Cassandra Morrison it was a joke dipshit

[@monhunterz5430]

@@CassandrashadowcassMorrison Still weird how they have the same name

[@1701spacecadet]

@@monhunterz5430 IKR! What are the chances of 2 people having the same name?? It just seems totally impossible!

[@uglyguy2519]

Is every other comment in this thread a rude or passive-agressive reply to the one that came right before it?

[@legendaryfella3236]

My senior quote is going to be “horrible cereal noise” without any context

[@21melpomene]

All right, buddy, fess up. Was it?

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

It's very faint. A really terrible, awful sound. A little like Rice Krispies after you pour on the blood.

[@waluigi2712]

She Dosent know what they look like so she’s like Ｉ　ＳＥＥ　ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ　ＡＮＤ　ＣＲＡＣＫＬＥＳ

[@tealnoise]

At least u got a senior quote. I'm here without knowing what to put lol

[@ghouldishanimal]

@@tealnoise I see no reason why it shouldn''t be "horrible cereal noise"

[@Sckazinski]

"Time travel is diferent. You can't go back to November 1963 and stop Kennedy's assassination" "OF COURSE NOT. IT WOULD BE AN AWESOME SERIES". - Years later, Stephen King Writes 11.22.63 . And the miniserries based on it is amazing. NEAT.

[@blackadder5517]

Only months later, book was published November the same year of this review.

[@TheLambdaTeam]

Apparently, the Langoliers weren't that hungry that time, so the guy could travel back and find people and working world there.

[@hostilesavage4299]

This.. 😂 I was about to say the same thing...

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

Thank you for reminding me of this series, gotta go rewatch it. Haven't seen it since I was a kid lol

[@darlordvader]

​@TheLambdaTeam i like to think that weird ripping sound described at the end of the story when he travels back to the present after saving Kennedy is the langoliers destroying the space time continuum

[@Ice-Climber]

The CGI still looks better than Foodfight.

[@shanehiggers]

karasuat lolnope

[@victorhernandez8723]

And Birdemic 1 & 2.

[@jackpark9463]

THERE'S A SECOND ONE?!?!?

[@SefniAsheforr]

The cgi in Foodfight was much scarier. Can you imagine cgi Christopher Lloyd coming at you?

[@GalaxiaStars]

karasuat OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH! You need some ice for that third degree burn, Stephen King!?

[@siddbastard]

actually, the novel was pretty scary. This kind of story is meant to stay on paper, where your imagination can cook better images than these shit cgi. I remember picturing the langoliers as moving black holes with teeth big as mountains ... and as they approach, you could see the very fabric of reality ripping apart, crumbling into their mouth. But instead of a lovecraftian giant abomination, we have the revenge of the ballsacks from outer space ...

[@Dreigonix]

One of those things that size could make a pretty good Brave Frontier giant boss. XD

[@DaRkLoRdZoRc]

+siddbastard "moving black holes with teeth big as mountains ... and as they approach, you could see the very fabric of reality ripping apart, crumbling into their mouth" Dude, that is fucking SICK! Where's *your* mini-series? I'd watch the shit out of that.

[@robertyeah2259]

Here's a few excerpts from the book of the first time the Langoliers appear. "Brian could see them, but he could not understand what it was he was seeing. In some strange way they seemed to defy seeing, and he sensed his frantic, overstressed mind trying to change the incoming information, to make the shapes which had begun to appear at the east end of Runway 21 into something it could understand." (King 193) "There was something malignantly joyful about their behavior. They criss-crossed each other's paths, leaving a wavery black X on the outer taxiway. They bounced high in the air, did an exuberant, crisscrossing maneuver, and then raced straight for the plane. As they did, Brian screamed and Nick screamed beside him. Faces lurked below the surfaces of the racing masses--monstrous, alien faces. They shimmered and twitched and wavered like faces made of glowing swamp gas. The eyes were only rudimentary indentations, but the mouths were huge: semicircular caves lined with gnashing, blurring teeth. They ate as they came, rolling up narrow strips of the world." (King 194)

[@siddbastard]

well, it seem my memories weren't that faithful to the story. I read that short story when i was 15 or so ... i'm 34 now, so yea, i guess the monsters evolved into something bigger in my mind. Maybe because i liked the story ? The idea of something eating the world just 1 second behind you, the fact that the immediate past seems so close, yet impossible to reach, was a good nightmare fuel for me as a teen. Time is scary.

[@Elias___]

oh. from Vagina Space ;)

[@daftoptimist]

The little girl that Balki keeps scaring was in an early 90s adaptation of “The Secret Garden.” With good writing and direction she could be a terrific actor.

[@Claire_Loves_Music]

So that's where I recognize her from!

[@patrickgogan3517]

That movie is depressing af lol

[@jongon0848]

@@patrickgogan3517 u thought so? I thought it was actually pretty touching, even as a kid I loved it

[@danseth5775]

Actress, dear boy

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

1:54 “You got all these other people, meeehhh who cares, TOM HOLLAND!!!” Captain America: Civil War in a nutshell

[@davisphillips993]

😂

[@superrazor7617]

Tom holland was the hook to civil war😂

[@kennynelson3189]

Outlined in shiny metallic lettering!

[@user-ko3ld4mw1d]

It was more "Who Cares SPIDER MAN"

[@noobsybot9926]

That ending freeze frame was so out of nowhere, it's hilarious.

[@jbvader721]

It's so 90s.

[@BoredomBee]

"Ah, man, the Sky-gina is gonna be pissed..." "I'm blamin' you." Why the fuck was that so funny to me?! XD

[@brianmoro6754]

I love the look on the critic's face, it's priceless XD

[@amyperdue3814]

+Brian Moro I no rite?!

[@GroundhogDayisAWESOME]

"Groundhog Day" is a funny movie too ;-)

[@herohunter64]

agreed

[@HDadvocate85]

First thing I thought of when they showed that rip in time lol

[@pinky0558]

Balki: Nothing but teeth, hair, and fast little legs Nostalgia critic: Robin Williams?

[@M1YAK2]

"Yay! We made it back to our world! Oh wait, how do we tell the officials about the dozens of people that disappeared during the flight... ...or the dead kid with a stab wound that's still on the plane?"

[@WarmLusamine]

I'm under the belief that the people that disappeared just don't exist anymore.

[@thezeitos469]

@retrobeats but the past is being eaten. That doesnt sound to well. and it also doesnt make the situation better, when it comes to the little girl with more then usual blood in her lungs.

[@HoradeFidges]

@retrobeats In the book it was implied that the people that didn't sleep stayed on the present, but the plane did not, so they simply fell from the sky to the ground

[@SunnysFilms]

@@HoradeFidges Actually, Jenkins deduces that everyone that didn't sleep just disintegrated or evaporated. No explanation explains why items on or in anyone's person were left behind but clothes weren't.

[@trickq5883]

@@WarmLusamine That was my guess too and the reason the survivors could remember those people could have been because being asleep while going through the time rip put them out of sync with the original timeline.

[@Garrettcube]

SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL?!?!?

[@colmryan9289]

LADY!!

[@gladysceniza]

I have a meeting at Boston this morning!

[@dotcomgamingd5564]

MY WIDE ANGLE LENS IS ABOUT TO BURST

[@yungslyme4341]

GarrettCube THE LITTLE SCARING GIRL....ooh I think I just gave Stephen king his next book/movie title

[@pi_beta7306]

16:30-16:40 Stabbing the little GIRL?!

[@DDLYBRZR]

MY WIDE ANGLE LENSE IS ABOUT TO BURST!

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

GhostOfVegeta if i had a dollar for everytime he complained about the lens

[@damotoneko1500]

GhostOfVegeta i loved that part! XD still laughing

[@Wiiguy1606]

My LAUGHING JAW IS ABOUT TO BREAK!

[@CheeseburgerFreedomMan]

GhostOfVegeta SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL?!

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

Exploding Baconeer LADY!!!

[@TheHealerIzAwesome]

Jesus, Peter isn't taking being fired from the MCU very well.

[@jbvader721]

He shouldn't have slipped on those spoilers.

[@puppymaroon964]

Regardless of what you thought of the mini-series, you got to admit that the mystery in it does keep you intrigued.

[@Grattenj]

Oh definitely, this movie was very good at that.

[@abdurobinson6827]

It really does keep u intrigued it I enjoyed the movie despite how the Langoljiers looked

[@michaelhudak9695]

1:17 Spiderman hired an assassin? Huh... guess he found Uncle Ben's killer..

[@Rogue.Rainbow]

Now I wish the assassin survived!

[@GBomb9704]

Or even better, Thanos' Son

[@jacksongibbs8998]

Looked like Spider-Man turned into Uncle Ben to me.

[@emilyscinema9417]

When I found out Tom Holland was playing Spider-Man, I watched this video before and I was incredibly confused

[@tristanhartup4936]

That's a different Tom Holland

[@futurepresidenthernandez2564]

Emily's Cinema TOM FUCKING HOLLAND 😤

[@takeshikujo2909]

“And thus when all time passes, you will see... giant ape testicles that eat up the world like a tuna sandwich.” “... Sorry, can you repeat that?” “WRITE IT DOWN!”

[@joeycoe85]

The Langoliers as a CONCEPT is pretty terrifying, especially the way King describes them in the book. I think you really COULD pull off a great adaptation today, just b/c the image quality has improved, with differing color gradients, it would be easier to portray how… unnerving it would be to suddenly wake up in a world where everything is less colorful, and some good sound design would REALLY help in portraying the creepy noise these monsters make. It would start out subtle, and then you slowly build the tension. It really could work. As for the Langoliers themselves, you’d have to do it in a VERY abstract way, not direct horror but INCREDIBLY UNSETTLING.

[@bradypostma3708]

7:30 - Children comforting their parents is actually pretty realistic. When there's a mature, complex reason to freak out, sometimes kids just don't and fall back on simple expressions of comfort and advice.

[@gojifan7976]

Yeah I comforted my mother.

[@Rammstein0963.]

"SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL?!" Oh dear God, the Ham-o-meter is off the charts! It can't take the pure unadulterated hamness!

[@SaikoKujo]

Never go full HAM!

[@jbvader721]

@@SaikoKujo Tell that to Nicolas Cage, Michael Sheen, Eddie Redmayne and Jeremy Irons.

[@fullonsociopath]

Took me all these years to realize the langoliers are the time cops on Rick and Morty. They just gave them bodies.

[@kimmycakes7739]

I had spinal surgery at 15 and the ONLY thing that played on the hospital tv on a loop for 2 weeks was THIS MOVIE to the point I thought I was going insane! In retrospect perhaps I was actually caught in a loop myself🤔 Really enjoyed this review and my re-descent into madness🤪

[@evewrubel3000]

I saw this movie in a hospital too!

[@NewPaulActs17]

@@evewrubel3000 you poor souls

[@ct6852]

That's pretty cruel of the hospital.

[@jesterepsilon8141]

Pumped full of hospital drugs and forced to watch the Langaleers

[@jesterepsilon8141]

A horrible fate 😔

[@lindsaysablosky2372]

Bronson Pinchot's overacting makes it all worthwhile. Seriously, the man is a fountain of hilarity.

[@lunabearsong2043]

He was the best part of the mini series.

[@SomethingDangerous1]

I cant tell if hes just terrible at acting in a serious movie or if the writing just forced him to be ridiculous

[@eddieolshefski6467]

Or he went out of his way to be the best part of the mini series. Knowing how much it was gonna suck.

[@NotMeNaNaNa]

Gotta love a guy who graduated magna cum laude from Yale who is best known as a goofy foreigner on a forgettable late 80s sitcom. At least the other Ivy League actor from a sitcom whose character was goofy and comes to mind turned out to be Fonzy, an American treasure... until he jumped a shark. Still a better performance than Balkie the Businessman 🤣

[@gageperuti5519]

Don't be ridiculous.

[@andresesqueda1424]

This is the VERY FIRST episode of Nostalgia Critic I ever saw. I was really depressed at the time and wasn't doing very good financially. I've always been a fan of mystery science theater type humor and I looked it up and his video was on the recommendations. I laughed my ASS off, in fact I hadn't laughed like that in months. Been watching him ever since and I'm pretty sure I've seen every episode. Thank you Critic for saving me with laughter.

[@lololandify]

Same here, I can totally relate to your story!! :)

[@simon93rd88]

+lololandify Same here!:)

[@skepticalbaby6912]

Andres Esqueda Same here! I've watched him since 2008, and it's amazing how his show's evolved and helped so many people with laughter.

[@lilg8017]

This one and the captain planet review are two of my favorites from the critic

[@skepticalbaby6912]

Nate J. Written by the original writers, Robert Lopez doing the music, starring Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt? If it isn't any good, that in of itself will be a miracle.

[@1805movie]

14:58 It's kind of interesting how Stephen King would eventually write a story about going back in time to stop the Kennedy Assassination.

[@TheLambdaTeam]

Guess the Langoliers weren't hungry that time. Or they went on a vacation.

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

They were off scaring the little girl

[@brenyatta]

@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL?!!

[@paulrees3861]

The book version of The Langoliers was really creepy, I loved it. I've also got a soft spot for the mini series despite its flaws, it's great.

[@jeffsims8270]

I've never read the book, but now would like to. I've always had a strange fascination with this mini-series.

[@jbvader721]

@@jeffsims8270 It can be found in "Four Past Midnight".

[@jeffsims8270]

@@jbvader721 Oh yea! I remember seeing that title in the opening credits. Cool, thanx so much!!👍😊

[@J0HNJ0RDAN]

Agreed

[@SunnysFilms]

Really? I thought it was ridiculous and stupid. It was seriously entertaining for much of the same reason the mini-series is. It's hard to take any of it seriously when it goes out of its way to be goofy (Like having a character say "Don't fart" during a high tension moment.).

[@nekovalley]

Stephen King: making Maine more important than it actually is

[@emistyledxd545]

true there isn't anything worth seeing :|

[@BlueZeroThree]

Profile picture source now

[@emistyledxd545]

Who?

[@Wren_the_Bird_King]

+jemsrandømness :3TM I live in Maine and I have to say that is correct.

[@emistyledxd545]

Same here

[@darcanjel7]

I want "Scaring the little girl!!!" as my ringtone. I laughed harder and harder every time he says it.

[@UberMun]

+darcanjel7 how about as your alarm. just download it, open it in audacity.. set the gain allllll the way to the max. have fun with bleeding ears whenever you wake up.

[@nathansheets1241]

+darcanjel7 That is the best idea EVAH!! I just made that my text tone.

[@lindsaysablosky2372]

darcanjel7 I want to do that so bad, though it would probably confuse people. I mean, if I was sitting in a meeting and heard "Scaring the little gIRL?!" coming from someone's phone, I would go "Huh?"

[@taylorh1872]

That would be amazing. "Scaring the little giRL?!?" What the heck was that? Oh sorry, it was my phone. In one minute I have to take this- Hey Mom!

[@dancepiglover]

If you don't answer it in time, the langoliers will eat you and your phone.

[@ChAn-dv9to]

MY WIDE ANGLE LENSE IS ABOUT TO BURST

[@LiTtLeJuNe3]

Stop yelling, you're scaring the little girl

[@dredskl]

@@LiTtLeJuNe3 SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL!?

[@LiTtLeJuNe3]

@@dredskl SCARING THE LITTLE GIIIRL ?! LADY !!

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

AND I FORBID YOU!!!

[@thezeitos469]

Imagine Steven Kings writes a story that finally explains all the psychic children in his stories.

[@alexxs7evin]

Doctor Sleep? 😉

[@PrinsaVossum]

"Dorky and The Black Guy" sounds like the greatest sitcom ever.

[@Rogue.Rainbow]

I would definitely recommend that to anyone!

[@dr.altoclef9255]

It would have to have like a Pinkie and the Brain type of theme song.

[@waluigi6793]

@@dr.altoclef9255 yes

[@waluigi6793]

@@dr.altoclef9255 nice reference

[@LacyLynLabret]

Isn't that just Ghosted

[@BigMac87963]

Man that guy really didn’t want to miss his 9 AM appointment

[@cecebuggington2007]

I blame his dad

[@saidi7975]

understandable, but it does not call for SCARING THE LITTLE GUUURL .

[@98953812]

@@saidi7975 SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL?!?!? LADY!!!

[@joestewart-paul7181]

HIS WIDE ANGLE LENS IS ABOUT TO BURST

[@sGirl-ny9xj]

In my Balki impression "Of course not, don't be ridiculous!"

[@bobatlee353]

The Curious Case of Tom Holland. Went from a middle aged man directing cheesy horror films to a 20 some year old Hollywood actor. What a turnaround.

[@jjcinnaberry]

i’ve been saying.. “sCARING THE LITTLE GIRL?!?” for about 3 years of my life and i could never remember where the hell it came from, and then i remembered this gem. legit one of my favorite nostalgia critic episodes.

[@AuroraKnux]

SCARing the little gIRL?!?!

[@givemebutter5962]

AuroraKnux LADY!

[@Triff3599]

I don't have time for this stupid meme. I HAVE AN IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEETING IN BOSTON THIS MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK, AND MY WIDE-ANGLE LENS IS ABOUT TO BURST!

[@radioactiveseaotter]

AuroraKnux MY WIDEANGLE LENS IS ABOUT TO BURST

[@Triff3599]

sans the skeleton AND I FORBID YOU-

[@sandwichcancer5609]

AuroraKnux Pennywise: wha-ha-wha-ha-wha-ha

[@mediumrhombus1514]

"Scaring the little girl !?!?" Geez this guys voice crack is worse then Dipper's

[@gageperuti5519]

Hell, it's worse than Screech.

[@PatrickBoi6497]

ScArInG tHe LiTtLe GiRl !!?!?!!???!!

[@gageperuti5519]

@@PatrickBoi6497 LADY!

[@savage4312]

🤣

[@victorm152]

oh come on, Dipper's awesome.

[@mattway18]

Stephen King is from Maine. That’s why he’s always putting his stories in there

[@MrAtullberg]

And he receives a commission from the Maine Tourist Board.

[@bdpickett]

I'm from a small city in Illinois and I would never set a story here.

[@eugenesutherland7185]

Captain Obvious is obvious.

[@mattway18]

Eugene Sutherland I’m from Massachusetts and I would put a number of stories in the Midwest.

[@masterklaw4527]

Nah, he's from the fucking ocean. (there's a vine of something involving lobster)

[@LeonSteelpaw]

If there was such a film to redo, THIS would be one

[@ShadowSonic2]

Nah, this plot is just too dumb to ever work.

[@YWUBHYD]

Been saying this for years. It if we’re modernized, it would be terrifying

[@youngknight5589]

I really cringed when she said "really badly wrong"

[@youngknight5589]

+DramaHateNation what's wrong with it?

[@youngknight5589]

DramaHateNation awe come on a lot of people have done it

[@youngknight5589]

+DramaHateNation come on they're taking something they like and putting it in their name

[@youngknight5589]

DramaHateNation calm down and have a pancake

[@tristanhartup4936]

Same here

[@rebeccaboyer2444]

So, uh.....This movie's ending and purpose is the same? It was...Time-consuming. 😆

[@mynameisharry8739]

Rebecca Boyer I tip my fadora to you my sir.

[@mynameisharry8739]

Just kidding I don't actually have the money for a fadora

[@rebeccaboyer2444]

Harry the cat XD

[@LiveNiceness14]

Umm...STANDING TAAAAALL on the wings beneath my dreams.

[@nickcopeland6915]

Good one.

[@theartistknownaszack9234]

Don't you just love going back to watching old nostalgia critic videos it's always a good feeling

[@apollorock3r244]

05:05 MY WIDE ANGLED LENS IS ABOUT TO BURST! It’s really strange looking back that this is the only Stephen King review to NOT be in Nostalgia-Ween.

[@Speems]

Balki’s performance when he screams about scaring the little girl always manages to put me in a good mood.

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

The number of random people I've met who understand the reference when I yell it out randomly is more than I ever thought possible lol

[@jasondamrau9943]

It would make a real funny ringtone

[@rileyhargis1722]

This is the most underrated nostalgia critic episode

[@killmr553]

Fact Fact Fact

[@Gunner192]

@suny123boy1 It's accurate, but kind of low hanging fruit. It wasn't a major motion picture, it was a low budget made for TV mini series shortly after the writers strike.

[@reversalmushroom]

@@Gunner192 There were no writers strikes in the 90s.

[@edwarddore7617]

Doesn't matter if it was made for TV, Trilogy of terror is a classic and that was made for TV. ;)

[@rileyhargis1722]

@suny123boy1 I rewatch this episode quite often

[@JacobButter]

'By the director himself. Tom Holland' *Spits water*

[@devanhinskey9001]

Not MCU Spider-Man Tom Holland. “Child’s Play” director Tom Holland.

[@cheatcode436]

@@devanhinskey9001 it's a joke. I think.

[@JacobButter]

@@cheatcode436 Yeah, it was.

[@L0RDK3Y]

R ,(I

[@powermind8805]

Fun fact: the blind girl used clairvoyance, a psychic power that allows a person to see through another's eyes.

[@Zeithri]

That's not what Clairvoyance means.

[@powermind8805]

@@Zeithri what does it mean then? (Im just asking a question, Im not trying to be mean.)

[@abeartheycallFozzy]

To sense things beyond the actual human senses. So if she could see through others eyes, I would call that a type of clairvoyance. Also would call it BS but that's another story.

[@powermind8805]

@@abeartheycallFozzy thanks for the info.

[@HeartsAsStrongAhhHorses]

“She called it Shining.”

[@DunkleCobro]

*MY WIDE ANGLE LENS IS ABOUT TO BURST!*

[@arthas640]

That line sounds like something the camera man would blurt out halfway into filming a POV shot for a porno.

[@Dreigonix]

To be fair, the whole idea of eldritch beings that devour space and time leaving an empty void behind is a cool idea. Like the Mattermouths in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

[@jbvader721]

Just make sure your CGI can live up to that image.

[@fleetadmiralauto6506]

There should be a modern remake of this with actually good effects and acting

[@alejandroangel998]

"Time travel is different. You can't go back to November 1963 and stop Kennedy's assassination", well Dean Stockwell and Scott Bakula did an episode on Quantum Leap about this, it was one of the greatest episodes of the series.

[@astro-aaron]

7:50 Why do I see Toph from Avatar saying something like this?

[@tsarthesecond1018]

Beyotiful XD

[@OriginalSparkstar]

HA

[@eliasvilla5879]

Animated-Aaron I thought of Azula when that guy was having dad visions

[@od4361]

Hmm, now that I think about it, Mr Toomey does remind me of soka

[@maritofuentes4690]

Cuz toph was.sassy like really sassy

[@FallenAngel1508]

Best Balki moments: 5:01 5:11 9:43 11:15 12:43 12:56 17:12 18:28 18:43 Enjoy!😉

[@Jarethjr]

I am the only motherfucker who thinks he hot!!?

[@benduffy2782]

I just finished reading the actual story and surprisingly (or maybe unsurprisingly) this is one of the most faithful stephen king stories. Coke must stay in your system for very long time.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

That would explain the MFTV "The Shining, " then...

[@Hannodb1961]

23:58 Lois: Peter, how are you doing that? Peter: I don't know. I'm scared Lois: Come down from there Peter: I can't. Call someone. Lois: Who do I call? Peter: I dont know. Call the police, no, the fire department. No, a scientist! Call a scientist. Peter: Am I going to die?

[@patrickgarvey5739]

The funny thing is he mentions someone going back and time and saving JFK. Stephen King actually wrote a book with that plot.

[@alexbennett7018]

It's also Funny cous den Stockwell was in quntum leap and that dead the jfk story

[@uberd0gAlpha]

Really? But that's one of the most uninspired and hackneyed plots ever. That and going back in time to kill hitler

[@alexbennett7018]

In quntum leap it was one of the beast episodes with Sam bekit leaping through lee Harvey Oswalds life and starting to think that he is lee havey Oswald will tring to stop the asination and ended with the twist that they hade be ther to save Jkeay kenneder not to stop the asination

[@ShadowMaskPrime]

Red Dwarf did a JFK story too, where the cast somehow find a time machine, and decide to go back in time to enjoy a fish and chip shop that Lister remembers, but get the co-ordinates extremely wrong and end up pushing the assassin out of the window. This leads to what is practically the end of the world, with World War 3 or something, and they have to go back in time to kill him again. Only none of them want to actually do it, so they go and find the one man capable of shooting JFK... Himself.

[@AlexBelanger100]

***** So... Were the writers over at Red dwarf on drugs?

[@aweausta2814]

why do knives work but bullets don't?

[@chiiatore8364]

i love your profile picture

[@BlueMoonZerc]

Because this is CoD. Okay but in all seriousness even though bullets travel at ridiculous speeds they still travel technically "through time" from when you pull the trigger to when you hit your target. Even point blank range there is still however time for the bullet to travel from the chamber to the target. A knife on the other hand doesn't have to travel through time in a technical sense because of the fact someone is using it and is direct, unlike a bullet which is indirect. If in the movie though the bullet actually leaves the chamber and hits the guy but does not die then I have no real idea how to explain it.

[@bensingerhayon9563]

BECAUSE TWIST

[@razzigyrl]

In the book, everything has gone odd and flat because it's the past. So food tastes wrong, beer and pop have no fizz, and matches/gunpowder/fuel don't properly combust unless brought into the airplane. (Since they apparently brought some of their own time with them or something, so it recharges things.)

[@maratnugmanov]

+BlueMoonZerc knifes, guns and all other things are just metals, powder with addition of oxygen for reaction. I don't think that time differs one from another, so if the gunpowder is getting weaker, then the other chemical reactions should obey this laws, so I think that, for example, the oxygen from yesterday shouldn't be enough for them to breath normally.

[@mr.mondomacho6815]

“Set your Johnson to its full upright position...oh yeah...” Pretty damn funny, not gonna lie.

[@rexremedy1733]

Some Gamer you haven’t heard of reminds me to clean off my wonder boner soon. Fishing season...

[@benm5970]

This honestly feels more like the plot of a Goosebumps story than a Stephen King one

[@OhJasonOh]

Goosebumps is basically just Stephen King for kids

[@gracefullynadine864]

You know, I thought this looked ok... until the cgi giant meatballs showed up

[@arisucheddar3097]

You or your loved one may need to see a doctor.

[@LermaBean]

8-Bit Squirrel What's embarrassing was that I thought they were scary as a child, but that's Stephen King for ya...

[@rogerebertjr.]

I burst out laughing when I heard the opening music to Airplane playing over The Langoliers.

[@98953812]

..............aren't you dead? Jk. XD

[@SunnysFilms]

Honestly, reading the opening to the book made that music play in my head.

[@maikenzupancicdanko9377]

Hello Mr Ebert!!

[@jacksongibbs8998]

“The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.”

[@Itsmebaileyc]

Tom Holland the director: Everyone's going to know my name and my amazing directing!!! Tom Holland the actor: Bitch, hold my quackson...

[@kyletitterton]

That quick insert of Balky in Beverly Hills Cop during his panic attack made me laugh more than I have in a while. This review is peak critic. On a par with your greatest work: the Patch Adams review.

[@nifralo2752]

This is like a George Lucas film with no budget.

[@admech590]

Toad Lash I can see that in some of his short stories...

[@damotoneko1500]

i feel sorry for the bussiness guy.. not only was he killed but he was killed in a way that his remains wont exist.. dont get me wrong, im sorry for the other guy too but.. god i hate these kinds of deaths.. and he didnt even have a good life, his father seems like one of the worst ones ever, the kid was crying and he just kept going, all just because of an A-? that's tragic.

[@CruelestChris]

DA MotoNeko It's kind of too tragic, though, when his life is such a parade of misery and we have no idea why he even gets up in the morning. And why was his dad such an asshole to him, what's his deal?

[@damotoneko1500]

CruelestChris likely a perfectionist who was raised similary. But yea, a parade of misery and have it all end like that? not a single one even reaching their hand out to atleast try and help him when this happens? if i was god i'd give him an honorary ticket to heaven because living that kind of life and having it end like that.. holy christ in the church during christmas that is tragic..

[@sigh824]

DA MotoNeko BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BLACK GUY. NOT ONLY DID HE MAYBE DIE BUT THEY FORGOT HIS BODY. THEY ACCIDENTLY LEFT HIM TO BE FORGOTTEN BY HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

[@damotoneko1500]

sigh824 Buddy, i agree and i think about him too but when i see a child crying, it affects me more. the sight of someone treating a child to the point were they cant hold back tears, it infuriates me.

[@damotoneko1500]

***** i dont get it..

[@SunBunz]

As a little kid, I thought this movie was eerie and weird, not exactly scary, but when she said, “Horrible cereal noise” I busted out laughing. My family was taking the movie much more seriously and scowled at me. 😂 I’ll never forget it.

[@galatian5]

The girl was adorable. Easily my favorite character along with the mystery writer dude.

[@Nickman_1024]

MY WIDE ANGLE LENS..IS ABOUT...TO BURST!

[@HEYitzED]

Nickman1024 Best part.

[@mimikyutie4774]

6 years later and the 'MY WIDE ANGLE LENS IS ABOUT TO BURST' always makes me crack up.

[@reecejohnson7207]

8:12 the way doug says "oh yeah" is wonderful

[@superrazor7617]

Why hasnt the critic smile become a meme already lol

[@user-dh6rm4gh8e]

Do someone know what is the melody

[@loneronin6813]

"I'm a mystery writer, deduction is my bread and butter." More like your Sherlock and Shatner :P

[@nogland8916]

This feels like a bad Dr. Who filler episode.

[@imrustyokay]

Now that you mention that, this does remind me of the episode "midnight"

[@adeadchannel4129]

every weeping angel episode ever.

[@josephcarlisle1943]

A better comparison would be "Sleep No More"

[@lyriclilac4650]

+Joseph Carlisle hmm, I thought that 'angels in Manhattan' hit it on the head.

[@josephcarlisle1943]

Angels wasn't a filler though. It was a devolopment in the character arcs of Amy and Rory.

[@piggyman1568]

Note: “The Langoliers” is actually based off the four-novel series “Four Past Midnight,” which were written by Stephen King.

[@benhaney5843]

4 part series?! Does anything, like, happen? In the book version?

[@paulrees3861]

Four separate stories; The Langoliers, Secret Window, The Library Policeman and The Sun Dog. No real link between the stories but I really enjoyed this book.

[@SunnysFilms]

And all of the stupid stuff from this mini series is in fact present in the book The Langoliers.

[@cheatcode436]

@@SunnysFilms Where can I find this book?

[@SunnysFilms]

@@cheatcode436 It's in King's compellation Four Past Midnight. It's the first story in the four story series. You can probably find it on Amazon or Ebay real cheap. I think ours game in from a garage sale or auction.

[@bubblegumxo]

This movie actually scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. The whole having the world eaten disturbed me to no end. Now it just looks like Sega Saturn quality spikey balls 😂.

[@ZethKeeper]

All jokes aside, I like how this is the most accurate adaptation I've ever seen, whether it's good or bad.

[@kaijukid1443]

"My wide angle lens is about to burst!"That line always makes me laugh!

[@marshmellow9281]

*SCARING THE LITTLE G-I-RL?!*

[@98953812]

LADY!!!

[@fyradur]

Looking over the cheesy dialogue i actually loved the plot

[@IAmSamThatIAM]

I love that movie, it's so freaking eery. You're in a plane, and people vanishing. The survivers don't know what's going on, and have to rely on the plane. To take you out of the situation. Oh! Balky is awesome in this movie to.

[@Donker_Dank]

1:52 critic is so wise and knowing he knew about Homecoming before anyone else

[@ThunderChunky101]

I fucking LOVE that overacting!

[@jbvader721]

At least overacting in general has the luxury of being unintentionally hilarious. Underacting unfortunately doesn't.

[@TheNeXusCore9032]

I prefer overacting as well. Underacting ruins a movie when the characters seem to be unrealistically bored at times.

[@Jordan-wc6nh]

You're overreacting the little girl.

[@superdrinkingpepsi]

+Cheepa Creepa OVERREACTING THE LITTLE GIRL?!

[@Jordan-wc6nh]

SuperDrinkingPepsi LADY!!!

[@Gen-gm7zt]

Stephen King actually ended up writing a book called "11/22/63" where a English teacher goes back in time and tries to stop the Kennedy assignation and it came out almost 20 years after it was referenced in this.

[@arte0021]

And now Tom Holland plays Spiderman. Honestly looks good for his age. Must be an immortal vampire

[@YowLife]

The "moving car" was actually part of a building.

[@JaydenMontano]

I can still see the other cars

[@Zerpderp0]

You're not only wrong but probably wrong as the moving cars he pointed out were two cars that were moving one of which was a dark color while the other was white

[@marspowr]

you can literally see multiple other cars in the shot they just let it slide cause people couldn't pause their tv in 1995

[@samuelbarber4154]

It's a shame because this is a really good set-up

[@Oxxyjoe]

It's fitting really that the langos are digital. It's just that much more freaky

[@riakun]

One of my favorite Rick and Morty jokes ever was the Langoliers

[@LilyGrace95]

One of my favourite reviews! Incidentally (for anyone who's interested), that whole thing about "having to take the ___ out" scenario in films? Complete bullshit. If you EVER find yourself in that situation, especially near a major organ or vein, leave whatever it is in. It's stopping the wound from getting worse, and taking out the ___ can actually do WAY more damage than good.

[@anarchist135]

Olivia McDonagh The more you know!

[@citizenvulpes4562]

And knowing is half the battle GI JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE

[@paulkriikku4882]

Cool. That will come in handy. I get impaled every other week.

[@TheMrRuttazzo]

+D3mon Edg3 And knowing makes it even more confusing. *UWE BOOOOOOOOOOLL!*

[@xj0462]

+Olivia McDonagh really? removing a knife is BAD?

[@fighterbrony]

I can't believe the langoliers cgi is worse than the cgi used in air crash investigations

[@ALPHAMARIOX]

+The Opinionated Nut They couldn't afford birds with a $10,000 budget. They spent it all on creating the world's first synthetic actor.

[@ALPHAMARIOX]

Still better effect than Food Fight, with less than 1% of the budget.

[@ReddwarfIV]

+fighterbrony Ehhh. At least in ACI, they make it obvious it';s a recreation. Usually it's not supposed to look realistic. It's jarring in a film like _The Langoliers_ because it's immersion-breaking and takes you away from the story. Though there was that one episode, I think it was a Delta Airlines crash, which showed a fairly realistic looking plane crashing into what appeared to be blank white cuboids. That one irritated me because it seemed no effort had been put in at all. Then there's the Helios crash episode, which actually had pretty awesome graphics. i.ytimg.com/vi/xXOUzLu06MQ/hqdefault.jpg

[@ncshuriken]

+fighterbrony Haha well said, but this is a TV movie after all, it probably had a budget of £4.95!

[@ALPHAMARIOX]

And they spent it on an actor who loves to scream.

[@newbienoobframebyframe4108]

I watched this as a kid and forgot the name, this has been a fuzzy memory for me for years, thank you for finally letting me know it wasn't a poorly acted dream lol

[@barkasz6066]

I loved the Langoliers as a kid. I wish they remade it into a movie that is actually good.

[@weirdo_with_a_paintbrush]

"what is your fetish with that place?": you know critic steven king was born in maine.

[@manuellujan666]

Scaring the little girl!!!

[@tcostner99]

Lady!!!

[@ZorotheGallade]

tcostner99 Scaring a little GHARRRHL

[@tcostner99]

Oh now that's scaring the little girl

[@epicgeckodragon]

ssKAERING THE lIITLE guUARUUAL ?!

[@irisconfusion8683]

Like always

[@marcoluna3726]

I love how the Mystery Writer is a major intellectual in Science as well. Almost like the guy from Quantum Leap was taking a vacation and got caught up in the Langoliers lol

[@Doommaster1994]

On another note, I just got the Japanese version of this version. The Japanese dub is brilliant, especially Toomy and his father.

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

The first time I watched this review, I was unironically engaged in the mystery the show was setting up, even with the hammy acting and NC making fun of it. The isolation of somewhere you associate with crowds and the effects of time stopping on stuff like the drinks is so uncanny. Even when the Langoliers were described I imagined a vortex with teeth closing in like a black hole. That and the atmosphere did a great job of setting up a urgency of returning to reality. Then those stupid fucking meatballs from Abe's Odyssey showed up. They're fucking tiny and don't eat time as much as cut trough it like safety scissors, how would they even go trough the universe at that rate? What a fucking letdown.

[@ConnorTheUndying]

The Meatballs from Abe's Oddyssey. That is the best comparison anybody's made.

[@pi_beta7306]

The book is so much cooler at describing the actual Langoliers. But I love Bronson's interpretation of Mr. Toomey. He was brilliant.

[@barrag3463]

Didn't see the whole movie as a kid; I only saw the scene of the plane taking off at the end. Thought the langoliers were dumb, but the scene with them looking down as the last bits of the world crumbling into a void, that really stuck with me as a kid.

[@liamn.watson4867]

Rhino 'n Chips

[@Xahnel]

Well, when time doesn't work, you have eternity to eat every plancksecond of reality. Doesn't matter how long it takes, yeah? They're always just a moment behind us.

[@TheRcanmeananything]

MY WIDE ANGLED LENSE IS ABOUT TO BURST.

[@lunabearsong2043]

TheRcanmeananything Lol! I read this at the same time as he said it!

[@ChicagoChris89]

@@lunabearsong2043 HOLY SHIT, ME TOO! LOL!

[@buarki1268]

Me too the fuck

[@TheToasterPope]

0:47 I love the way he says that line

[@willdabeast8509]

6:51 the way he sticks his hand out when he says “Shatner” fucking kills me 🤣

[@cmc3223]

Though I mostly agree with you on this one, I appreciated the "YOU SCARED THE LITTLE GIRL" guy. His story added a lot to the group. His dynamic seemed to completely contrast from the rest of the cast. Obviously, this man has severe hallucinatory psychosis or something similar, and it was very realistically portrayed, actually. I mean, you'd think someone like that would have been sent to an asylum five times over by now. But, I digress.